Food is an important material for survival. The increasing world population, urbanization,
and globalization are responsible for more food. This has increased challenges in food …

A critical overview of current approaches to the development of starch-containing packaging,
integrating the principles of green chemistry (GC), green technology (GT) and green …

Thermoplastic starch (TPS) plasticized by 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([BMIM] Cl)
was obtained by melt processing. The resulting electrically conductive TPS samples were …

This study presents a new method for characterizing short-range molecular order in
amorphous starch using Raman spectroscopy and wide-angle X-ray diffraction (XRD) …

Biodegradable polymers from renewable resources have attracted much attention in recent
years. Starch has been considered as one of the most promising candidates among …

Humidity-activated shape memory behavior of plasticized starch-based films reinforced with
the innovative combination of starch nanocrystals (SNCs) and catechin as antioxidant were …

Considering the needs of designing suitable food packaging that is able to decrease food
losses while reducing the overall environmental impact of the food/packaging system, full …

This article reviews the recent advances made in polyolefin and natural polymer blends
used for packaging applications, with a focus on their degradation. Nondegradable …

In this work, the thermal degradation and the disintegrability under composting conditions of
melt-processed blends based on ethylene-vinyl acetate and thermoplastic starch, EVA/TPS …

Smart multiresponsive bionanocomposites with both humidity-and thermally activated shape-
memory effects, based on blends of ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) and thermoplastic starch …